The Spearhead Effect Page #3

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walking out tonight.

[Evan] Where did you

get the kiddy porn?

[man 2] God, I bought

it from Boyd, all right.

[Evan] You know

where to find him?

[man 2] Yes.

Just... f***ing let me go!

[Evan] What do you

guys think?

[man 3] I think

he's full of sh*t.

[man 4] Let's cut his

f***ing junk off.

[man 5] I say

we follow the lead.

It's what we're

here for, right?

[Evan] All right.

If you're leading us

on a wild goose chase...

[cell phone vibrating]

[door opens]

[door closes]

[classical music playing]

[knocking at door]

Yeah, coming.

[clears throat]

Who is it?

[Evan] Who are you?

Evan?

[Evan] Yeah, open up.

- Hey.

- What's up?

Daniel's not here.

We were supposed to

grab some food.

He's at a job interview.

- A miracle.

- Yeah.

Well, what about you? Hungry?

I am in the middle

of some work.

Research.

Yeah, I can use a break.

You and Daniel met in college?

No, we grew up together.

I actually didn't graduate.

Isn't that funny?

Daniel goes

to journalism school,

gets himself

a 100 grand debt.

He can't find a job

to save his life.

And you are just doing it.

He's doing what he can.

He's analog, you're digital,

my friend.

What do you mean?

He played by the rules.

You didn't ask for permission.

You adapted.

Survival of the fittest.

- Daniel is a nice guy...

- Nice guys don't move history forward.

All right.

Look at it this way.

In the 1800s,

if someone wanted knowledge

about a particular subject,

they went to...

the encyclopedia.

Now of course very few people

could afford their own

encyclopedia Britannica sets.

And even a smaller group of people

actually wrote the entries.

The system had limited access,

limited contribution,

limited points of view.

But now,

now we've got Wikipedia.

We've got open source

information. Blogs like yours.

If someone seeks knowledge

about a particular subject,

there are endless options.

Everyone has access.

Everyone contributes.

Now we've seen this evolution play

out in virtually every business,

and human system,

in the western world.

Except,

the justice system.

But see what you've done,

you've called upon

the general population

to start making

their own contribution.

To stop outsourcing

their protection.

Everyone knows the saying, "It

takes a village to raise a child."

But what they forget,

it takes a village

to protect one.

You make it sound easy.

And one person can only

do so much though.

In the 1930s,

scientists declared it

it all but impossible to

run a four-minute mile

until Bannister got

it by half a second.

Since then, over thousand

others have done it.

All it takes is one.

What's this?

Uh, just looking

into the place.

It's a rent or...

For your work or something?

- What do you...

- You're not one of those people

who asks, "What

do you do," are you?

Come on, let's go, man.

Let's eat.

Dude, when are you gonna

start locking your door?

Hey! You ditched me.

What! No...

I left you a message.

Hey, how did the interview go?

Good. Very good.

I think...

I hope you're more mean

than that when it really counts.

Hey, no brews?

I'm on a cleanse.

I can run back out

and get some.

- Yeah!

- You just got here.

It's no problem.

I could use a walk.

Clear my head.

- Thanks, man.

- Yeah.

[cell phone vibrating]

[man] You like squealing?

Well, f*** off, huh.

You think this

is getting to me?

You think this is going

to shut me up? F*** off.

[plastic bag rustling]

[man laughing]

- [man 1] New fish.

- [man 2] Yeah.

- Welcome.

- There he is.

[Evan] What do you think

of our book club?

[Daniel] Put this on.

It's me.

[Evan] I'd like to

introduce you to Boyd.

Boyd here is what you

call a system golden boy.

Aren't you, buddy boy?

[Boyd] And what about you?

Kidnapping?

You f***ing play ball too.

[Evan] Yeah, but you

play literally deformed.

[man]

Don't be so hard on him.

It's not easy when

it's complified work

that can be any easier

on the sex offender list.

[Jake] What did he do?

[Evan] Let's show our friend

what's behind door number three.

Is she young enough

for you, huh?

Is she young enough?

[Jake] How do we know

they are his?

[Daniel] We found them on him.

[Evan] Possession is

nine tenth of the law.

And half of this was

strictly speaking, legal.

I mean say we had waited

for a warrant,

Boyd here would have

had plenty of time

to dispose the evidence once he

realized we were watching him.

I know how you feel

about bureaucracy.

[Boyd] I know

my f***ing rights.

[Evan] Which is exactly

the problem here.

The system is more concerned with protecting

your rights than getting results.

But what about her rights?

What about her rights?

[Jake] I mean, why physical

pictures, why, like a paper trail?

[Daniel]

With all this NSA sh*t,

these pedophiles,

they are reverting back

to their old ways.

You can't trace physical

pictures back to an IP address.

Problem is, even when

you find a symptom...

[Evan] You still have to trace

it back to the infection.

You see Boyd here,

he's just spare change,

a tentacle,

another hydrant.

[Boyd] F*** you.

[Evan] We wanna

find the heart.

I don't know sh*t.

[man] Yeah, that's what

your friend said.

The one you

sold the pictures to.

But first, that's when we

we didn't ask so politely.

[man 2] He could've

made it easier on himself.

Like you can now.

[Evan] Look, what's this, huh?

You like to be punished, huh?

Is this what you want?

Is this what

you're going for, huh?

You want this?

You like this?

F***, f***.

Okay, okay, okay, I sold.

Okay, I sold the pictures.

[Evan] You sold the pictures.

I didn't have a choice.

[Evan] Had no choice...

- How the f*** else was I gonna get a job?

- [Evan mocking]

I swear, I didn't touch the kid.

- [Evan mockingly]

Touch the kid, huh?

I sold the pictures but I barely

even looked at them, I swear.

Yeah, we can help you out

with a beer.

[man] How'd you like that?

[man 2] Military grade

pepper spray.

[man 3] You gonna talk now?

- Okay.

- [Evan] Who gave you the merchandise to sell?

I don't know.

It was a drop.

He would text me the location,

and I would pick it up.

We never even spoke...

[spraying]

[cheering]

[Evan] Bullshit,

tell the truth.

I don't know. Please.

[screams]

Please, I don't know.

[Evan] What do you think?

Satisfied he's in this sh*t?

You think we should

let him go?

[Jake] Yeah, I...

[man] Come on,

speak up, son.

[Evan] Hey.

[spraying]

[cheering]

Okay.

[gasps]

I don't know that...

He wears a red baseball hat,

low... so you can't

see his face.

[Evan] Where did you meet him?

At the pier.

Tuesday afternoon.

[Evan] Okay, where at the pier?

No set location.

I just wander around it

and he would find me.

[Evan] And he always

wears the red hat?

You can't tell him

I told you, okay?

He knows my name,

he'll kill me.

[Evan] Oh, ain't that

a f***ing shame.

Hey, you think he

would've told the cops that?

No. No, he wouldn't. Hey.

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